Your Dollar’s Silent Decline
According to AAA, the average price per gallon of regular gasoline is $3.12, up 14% from a year ago. But another way of viewing...
Know Your Limits
Charles Plosser, the President of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank gave a speech in Chile over the weekend titled The Scope and Responsibilities of...
Up 5,000% in 10 Years
Do you dream of buying shares of the next Microsoft before they take off? How about the next Apple? Apple shares are up 4,200%...
Accelerating Inflation
The December Producer Price Index (PPI) was released today. Producer inflation jumped 1.1% in December. Over the last two years, producer prices have increased...
Redefining Success
The Federal Reserve released the minutes of the December 14 FOMC meeting this week. The FOMC’s meeting minutes provide an expanded discussion of the...
Retirement Isn’t What You Expect
You don’t want to face a retirement in which you are forced into lowering your living standards. Yet that is exactly what the majority...
Happy New Year!
With only one trading day to go in December, the S&P 500 is up 6.55% for the month. If stocks hold onto their gains...
Indicators Point to Accelerating Economic Growth
Initial Claims for Unemployment and the Chicago Purchasing Managers index were released today. Unemployment claims dropped to their lowest level since July of 2008—two...
Christmas Price Inflation
Inflation risks are greatly overstated, says Ben Bernanke. We should be worried about debilitating deflation, not inflation. Ben B., of course, focuses on core...
Fidelity Still the Best
You should browse Fidelity.com when you have some free time between Christmas and New Year’s. You’ll have an enjoyable experience. That’s because few, if...